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Social Investment Prog: President's N500bn Intervention In The North Failed - Aisha Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 26, 2019
Wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, said the implementation of the federal government’s Social Investment Programmes, SIP failed in the North.
Speaking during an interactive program for women at the State House, Abuja, Mrs Buhari lamented the inability of women in the North to benefit from the program.
This came three days after the Presidential Adviser on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais, said 470.8 billion naira was released by the Federal Government for the programme.
The SIPs are; the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfers, National Home-Grown School Feeding and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programmes, GEEP.
Uwais said annually the federal government budgets 500 billion naira for social investment but that in 2016, 79.98 billion naira was released, 2017,  140 billion naira and in 2018, 250.4 billion naira was released.


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Social Investment Programme: Uwais Assures Of Scaling Up Trader-Moni, N-Power, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 2, 2019
The Federal Government will scale up the NationalSocial Investment Programmes, NSIP to reach more Nigerians in this secondtenure of President Muhammadu  Buhari.
Senior Special Adviser to the President on SocialInvestment Programmes, Maryam Uwais gave the assurance at a conference organisedby the Reformers Arise –  a subsidiary ofIncubator Africa –  a development agencyin Lagos.
Uwais said that the administration would build onthe successes of the programmes to put smile on the faces of more Nigerians.
The special adviser is the driver of the programmes,a cardinal agenda of the government.
She said that the impact of the programmes was beingfelt  all over, as beneficiaries could befound in communities where the programmes had been implemented.
She added that the Home Grown School FeedingProgramme, which provides one-meal per day in primary schools, has provided jobopportunities for communities around schools.

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Social Media Bill: Lawmaker Advise Nigerian Government On Alternative Measures - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
November 19, 2020
The lawmakers, who spoke on Thursday in Lome, Togo, on the sidelines of the ongoing Delocalised Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament, warned that a total blanketing of social media might cause more problems than good.
The Parliament’s delocalised meeting has as its theme: “ECOWAS in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: focusing on Information and Communication Technology, ICT, to promote distance education and training in ECOWAS Member States.”
Senator Biodun Olujimi, said that at a time when other countries were investing heavily to make the internet more accessible especially for education during the pandemic, Nigeria should be pushing for a better way to manage social media.
Exemplifying with a law recently passed in Ghana, she said that the government should rather adopt a system of blocking specific unreliable platforms.
Olujimi, who also called for the internet to be made more affordable and accessible, acknowledged that there must be some control to ensure that it was not used for things other than access to education for which it was subsidised.

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Social Media Bill Unnecessary, Duplication Of Law, Senator Tells NASS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 25, 2019
TheSenator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, hassaid that the “Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019”was an unnecessary duplication of laws for Nigerians.
Tofowomostated this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, OlumideAkinrinlola, in Okitipupa.
Thesenator, who is still recuperating from a ghastly motor accident, said that theaims and objectives of the new bill had already been addressed by theCybercrime Act, 2015 which was signed into law by former President GoodluckJonathan.
Accordingto the lawmaker, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria asamended guarantees the right to freedom of expression for Nigerians, withrelevant provisions for checking infringements on the right.
Thebill, which has passed second reading at the Senate, has generated seriouscontroversy, with many Nigerians kicking against it.

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Social Media: Federal Government Says No Going Back On Regulation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2019
The Federal Government has restated its resolution toregulate the activities of the Social Media, which it claimed is being used forthe spread of fake news and hate speech.
The Minister of information and Culture, Lai Muhammad statedthis at the annual roundtable on Cultural Orientation in Owerri, Imo State.
Mohammed, who was represented by a Director in the ministry,Memunat Idah-Lah at the event with the: “Youth, social media and culturaldevelopment in Nigeria” said the role of the youth as key drivers ofdevelopment and cultural ambassadors as well as the value of the social mediain contemporary times have continued to attract the attention of government anddevelopment experts.
He explained that the decision of the Federal Government toregulate the platform is not designed to obstruct freedom of expression orcrack public speech, as being alleged, rather, it is to prevent its abuse andthe negative consequences.
However, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture andTourism, Owelle Rochas Okorocha said what the Government needs to regulate isthe content and not the use of social media in the country.

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Social Media: Kukah Cautions Federal Government On Regulation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 9, 2019
The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, BishopMatthew Kukah has cautioned the Federal Government against planned regulationof social media, saying it could hinder freedom of speech.
Kukah stated this while speaking at the convocationlecture of Achievers University, Owo in Ondo State, titled: “Some reasons whyNigeria has failed to achieve greatness”.
The Bishop, who said that the freedom to speak must bedone responsibly, asked government to be careful on the planned regulation. Headded that the social media is an avenue for Nigerians to bear their minds andfeelings about happenings in the country.
According to Kukah, most of the people at the corridorof power today are not aware of the struggle made for the country’s nascentdemocracy. He said that he was ready to defend freedom of speech in Nigeriawith the last drop of his blood.
He noted that a nation thrive on free flow of ideasand information among its citizenry.

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Social Media Regulation: Bill Passes Second Reading In Senate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 20, 2019
A Bill for an Act to Make Provisionsfor the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation and for relatedmatters 2019 passed second reading in the Senate. This followed thepresentation of the lead debate on the bill by the sponsor Musa Sani atplenary.
Leading the debate, Sani said thatthe bill was a 36-clause legislative proposal to provide for the prevention ofbroadcast of falsehood and manipulative contents using the internet and itsintermediaries for transmission.
He added that the bill also providedfor issuance of regulations dealing with transmission of false statements offacts in Nigeria upon declaration.
While supporting the bill, IbrahimGobir said that there was need to regulate the internet and punish offenders.
Opposing the bill, Chimaroke Nnamanisaid that in principle, he condemned it in its entirety.
In his remarks, Senate PresidentAhmad Lawan referred the bill to the Senate Committee in Judiciary, HumanRights and Legal Matters for further legislative action and report back in fourweeks.

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Social Media Regulation: Federal Government Says Other Options Are Available - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 15, 2019
The Federal Government says, apart from enacting newlaws on social media regulation, there are many options open to it.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammedstated this in Abuja at a meeting with the Guild of Corporate OnlinePublishers, GOCOP. He said the government could have control on technology,working with the big techies like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram tocheck the spread of fake news and hate speech.
The Minister noted that it is premature for anyone tosay that there are enough laws already to deal with social media deviants. Hesaid the process for the social media regulation would not be a unilateralprocess because government would carry relevant stakeholders along.
Mohammed observed that from October 29, when heannounced government plan to sanitise the social media, there had been intensedebate on the issue. But he added noted that contrary to opinions from certainquarters, the planned regulation was not aimed at stopping free speech andsilencing the media.
He said Nigeria was not alone, countries includingGermany, UK, Singapore, China, South Korea, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambiawere doing something about the social media.

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Social Vices: NOA Urge Nigerian Students To Uphold National Values - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2020
TheNational Orientation Agency, NOA has called on Nigerian students to shun allforms of social vices and uphold national core values so as to ensure moralsociety that would aid national development.
TheAgency’s Director General, Garba Abari, made the call during the North Westzone nationwide attitudinal reorientation program for students in Tertiaryinstitutions held at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
TheNOA Boss said social vices such as cultism, sex for grade, exam malpractice,drug abuse and suicide happening on campuses were alarming.
Henoted that such sensitization program would help curtail the rising trend ofsocial vices in tertiary institutions across the country.
Earlier,the NOA Director in Kaduna state, Zubair Galadima-Soba said that the agency wasconcerned with the social ills happening on campuses across the country and wasready to inculcate the values of the society and culture in students. He addedthat the attitudinal re- orientation program would be sustained and extended toother institutions of learning.

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Society Urges FG To Act In Line With Executive Order-5 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 26, 2019
Projects’ Execution: Society Urges FG To Act In Line With Executive Order-5
The Nigerian Society of Engineers has urged the Federal Government to act in line with Executive Order-five by encouraging more multinational engineering firms to employ Nigerian engineers.
The Chairman of the Society Lagos State branch, Musliudeen Agoro gave the advice while speaking in Lagos.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had  on February 12, 2018 in Abuja,  signed Executive Order-5 that stipulates the need to improve local content in public procurement with science, engineering and technology components.
Agoro said that signing of the executive order by President Buhari had empowered and protected the local engineers, local suppliers and local contractors such that Nigerian engineers could lead projects.
He, however, said that signing of the executive order might not be enough, and called for its enforcement, government’s full backing and encouragement to enable Nigerian engineers to secure and also lead in execution of projects.


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Socio-Economic: Bauchi Governor Promises Partnership With FG To Address Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 2, 2019
Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State has expressedthe readiness of the state government to partner with the Federal Government toaddress socio-economic challenges facing the state.
The governor stated this when he briefed State Housecorrespondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari atthe State House, Abuja.
Muhammed, who defeated an incumbent governor underthe platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mohammed Abubakar at thelast gubernatorial election in the state, said the people of Bauchi had nooption than to support and cooperate with the Buhari administration.
To this end, the governor expressed the willingnessof the state to participate fully in the Ruga Settlement scheme of the federalgovernment.
Muhammed maintained that the people of the state,whom he said, love President Buhari more than any other person in Nigeria,would continue to work with the federal government to ensure speedysocio-economic transformation of the country.


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Socioeconomic Instability: Nigeria Must Invest Heavily In The North To Overcome Insecurity, Poverty – Obi. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Soja Ya Harbe Abokin Aikinsa Sannan Ya Kashe Kansa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2023
Kakakin rundunar Birigediya-Janar Onyema Nwachukwu, ya
ce ya zuwa yanzu ba a tantance hakikanin abin da ya faru ba,
amma sojan ya harbe kan sa bayan ya hallaka abokin aikin sa.
Nwachukwu ya kara da cewa, Babban Hafsan Runduna ta 8
kuma Kwamandan hundunar haɗin gwiwa ta Hadarin Daji
Manjo Janar Godwin Mutkut da wasu manyan hafsoshi sun
ziyarci wajen da lamarin ya faru.
Ya ce GOC ya jajenta wa sojojin da su ka rasa abokan aikin
su a sansanin, sannan ya bukaci su zama masu kula da junan
su, sannan su bada rahoton duk wani rikici da ke faruwa a
tsakanin su domin gudun sake faruwar irin haka.


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Sokapu Criticized Planned Formation Of Vigilante Group By Miyetti Allah - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 2, 2022
It however noted with concern that only the government has the constitutional right to create a security outfit and not an ethnic group within a state arrogating itself that right.
SOKAPU Spokesman, Luka Binniyat in a statement in Kaduna, also described the action as an unwelcomed development and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful to forestall any crisis.
The statement noted that the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore is not a government and therefore cannot make a law that rivals that of a government.
SOKAPU said any attempt therefore, to allow the Fulani to form, arm, kit and operate an armed wing so brazenly, is to also approve other ethnic groups to do same.
It was gathered that, the Secretary General of the group, Saleh Hassan made the announcement four days ago in an interview he granted the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR.

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Sokoto: 15 Die, 25 Missing As Boat Capsizes. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 11, 2023
Chairman of Shagari Council Area, Aliyu Dantani, who disclosed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Sokoto, said the incident occurred on Tuesday
evening.
Dantani said of the 26 recovered corpses, 21 were women while five were children, adding that a search and rescue mission was ongoing.
The council boss, however, said the actual number of passengers in the boat could not be immediately ascertained.
According to him, local divers were currently in the river to see how to either recover bodies or rescue survivors.


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Sokoto Governor, Aliyu Nullifies Tambuwal’s Appointments, Revokes Land Allocations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 31, 2023
Aliyu also suspended recent appointments of Traditional Rulers made by the former governor.
The announcement was contained in statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa.
According to Bawa, the Governor also reversed the renaming of Tertiary Institutions in the State and other appointments related to their Governing Councils and their relocations.
The Governor also directed that land allocations made by Tambuwal should be revoked with immediate effect.


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Sokoto Govt. Restates Commitment To Partner On Social Protection Policies –TWG Chair - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 13, 2021
The Chairman, Sokoto state Technical Working Group TWG on social protection Arzika Usman-Bodinga, has reiterated government’s commitment to a robust partnership with the United Nations joint Sustainable Development Goals SDG programme.
Usman-Bodinga, who is also the Permanent Secretary, Sokoto state Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, said the partnership was aimed at enhancing social protection programmes across the state.
He made the remarks at the closing of a 3-day stakeholder workshop on the development of a draft social protection policy, in Birinin Kebbi.
Usman-Bodinga commended the donors, comprising United Nations Children and Education Funds UNICEF, International Labour Organisation ILO United Nations Development Programme UNDP and World Food Programme WFO for their respective roles in the partnership.
He expressed optimism that the current joint SDG social protection programme in the state would change peoples’ lives and ensure that citizens accessed the right support from the Federal, state governments and other supporting institutions.
According to him, the policy will also facilitate proper coordination of supporting platforms as well as enhance the social register of citizens.


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Sokoto Guber: Appeal Court Affirms Tambuwal’s Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 22, 2019
The Appeal Court sitting in Sokotohas reaffirmed the election of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the People’sDemocratic Party, PDP.
The four-man panel in a commondecision, upheld Tambuwal’s election after dismissing the Appeal filed by theAppellant and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APCAhmed Aliyu for lacking in merit.
Justice Husseini Mukhtar, deliveringthe judgment held that the verdict of the lower Tribunal was in order that thepetitioners had failed to establish their claims to noncompliance with theElectoral Act and the issue of over voting.
Aliyu is challenging the tribunaljudgment that affirmed the election of Tambuwal of the PDP at the 2019Governorship election in the state.
The Governorship Election which heldon March 9 was declared inconclusive following cancellationof 75,403 votes which were higher than the 3,413 votes margin between the leadingcandidates.
The re-run was then conducted onMarch 23, which led to the victory of Tambuwal who won with a slim margin of342 votes.

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Sokoto Records 677 GBV Cases, 5 Convictions – Commissioner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 6, 2021
Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs Kulu Sifawa who made this known at a press conference and award ceremony for advocates against GBV in the state, noted that the negligible number of convictions is due to the limited number of courts prosecuting cases in the state.
Kulu also added that this had stopped some of the victims from seeking redress as the distance between courts and most communities was very long, noting that other impediments included low level of education of victims, who were mostly scared of the courts.
The Commissioner however said her Ministry has been collaborating with the judiciary for the setting up of special courts to ensure justice for the survivors of GBV.
She also explained that the records of victims were compiled by the situation room set up in the Ministry, under the UN/EU Spotlight initiative Project, supported by United Nations Development Programme.

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Sokoto: Sen. Wamakko Condemns Killing Of 43 Persons In Goronyo Market - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 19, 2021
Bashar Abubakar, Special Assistant on Media to the senator, said in a statement in Abuja that the lawmaker described the attack as barbaric and inhuman.
Wamakko, a former Governor of Sokoto State, also said that no religion allows the wanton killing of innocent souls and prayed the Almighty Allah to forgive the departed souls and expose those behind the killings of the innocent victims.
Wamakko also urged the people of the state to continue to pray to Almighty Allah to provide a remedy to these ungodly acts.
It could be recall that some unknown gunmen invaded Goronyo market on Sunday and started shooting sporadically, killing scores of people in the process.
Several others who were also seriously injured are receiving treatment at various hospitals, and scores of vehicles and structures were also torched by the fleeing bandits.
Meanwhile, a statement by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has confirmed the deaths of 43 persons as a result of the attack.

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Solar: Federal Government Signs €9.3m Agreement For 23-Mini-Grids - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 18, 2022
Minister of State, Power Goddy Jedy-Agba, announced this in a statement by his Special Assistant, Information and Communication in Inyali Peter, in Abuja.
He explained that the agreement was for the development of 2S 3 mini-grids across 11 states of the federation, adding that the IMAS would generate a 5.4-kilowatt peak to connect about 27,600 households, and impact over 138,000 Nigerians in two years.
The Minister stated that the project is coordinated by the Rural Electrification Agency, REA with support from the European Union and the German government through the Nigerian Energy Support Programme, NESP.
Jedy-Agba said the development was geared towards achieving the country’s vision of generating at least, 30,000 megawatts of electricity by 2030.
Earlier, REA Managing Director Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad explained that the scheme was meant at bridging the funding gap that was affecting indigenous developers in the renewable energy sector.
On his part, NESP Head of programme Benjamin Duke, assured that his team would continue to work to build investors’ confidence in the sector.

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Soldiers Open Fire On Protesters In Sudan After Military Coup - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 26, 2021
Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency and dissolved the government — one of several similar takeovers in Africa this year — sparking swift condemnation from the US, which suspended aid and urged that civilian government be restored.
The UN demanded the prime minister’s “immediate release” and diplomats in New York said the Security Council was expected to meet to discuss the crisis on today.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement came after the armed forces detained the civilian leaders who have been heading the transition to full civilian rule following the April 2019 overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Clashes erupted in the capital Khartoum after his speech, with the information ministry saying that soldiers had “fired live bullets on protesters rejecting the military coup outside the army headquarters”.
Three protesters were killed and about 80 people wounded when soldiers opened fire, according to the independent Central Committee of Sudan Doctors.

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Soldiers Rescue Nine Kill 24 Bandits In Katsina, Zamfara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 23, 2020
Troops of Operation “Hadarin Daji”have rescued nine from some kidnappers, recovered a number of rifles, amotorcycle, including livestock in Katsina and Zamfara states.
The Acting Director, Defence MediaOperations, Defence Headquarters Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko in astatement said the troops while responding to a distress call on the movementof bandits with rustled animals within Gurbin Magarya, Kwari and Garin Gadovillages of Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State shot dead 24 suspectedbandits.
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Soleimani Killing: France Urges Iran Not To Seek Retribution After US Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
Francehas called on the Republic of Iran not to seek retribution in the wake of theU.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s elite Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani inBaghdad.
FrenchForeign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says “No-one wants war,” adding thatpossibilities for negotiations must be created.
TheU.S. airstrike has prompted fears over an outbreak of war in the region andleft the nuclear agreement struck with Tehran hanging by a thread.
FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron has been trying to bring U.S. and Iranianrepresentatives together for talks, an initiative he presented at the G7 summitin Biarritz in August but which was not successful.
Inanother development, Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya,UNSMIL, Ghassam Salamé has called on other countries to desist from interferingin the ongoing crisis in the country.
Salamémade the call while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting of the UNSecurity Council that focused on the conflict in the Iraq and other parts ofthe Middle East.

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Solid Mineral Institute: Onu Says FG Will Diversify Economy Through Technology Application - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 26, 2019
Federal Government said it will deploy technology to diversify the economy.
Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonanaya Onu, made this known at the launch of the Solid Minerals Machinery and Equipment Development Institute, SOMMEDI in Nasarawa state.
According to the Minister, such effort will promote the country from being a consumer nation to a producer nation.
He said the Solid Minerals Machinery and Equipment Development Institute is very important to the diversification programme of the Federal Government.
The minister also said that some organisations would be engaged in producing spare parts of the machines that could be sent to the factory for assembling.
Onu commended the Nasarawa State Government for collaborating with the Federal Government toward establishing SOMMEDI and urged the state government to secure the equipment in the institute.

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Solid Minerals: Buhari Orders Six-Month Progress Report From Fund - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 30, 2021
The directive, according to a statement by Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Femi Adesina, is to deepen probity and best practices in the
mining sector.
During a briefing by the Steering Committee and Management Team of
PAGMI at the State House, Abuja, the President charged the body to
scale up operations in the sector by ensuring that investments go beyond
artisanal and small scale levels.
President Buhari directed the team to ensure that the fund fasttracks the
work of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative.
He said all stakeholders must conclude ongoing assignments of
recommending a portion of accruals to be dedicated to the fund.

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Solid Minerals: FG Activates Airborne Geophysical Survey In 19 States In September – Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2021
The General Manager Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office Obadiah Nkom made this known when he visited the Acting Governor of Kaduna state, Hadiza Balarabe.
Nkom, who led a team from the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, said that the survey will last for eight months. He noted that the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification Project (MinDiver) is a World Bank-supported project under the ministry.
The survey will be carried out in 119 Local Government Areas to determine accurate mineral locations using modern-day ferromagnetic mechanism.
The General Manager explained that in Kaduna State, the Federal Government picked Sanga and Jama’a local government for the high -resolution airborne geographic survey and it will bring more revenue to government.
The Acting Governor, while responding, assured the team of government’s support for the success of the programme in the state.
Also contributing, the Managing Director, Kaduna Mining Development Company limited, Muhammed Usaini applauded the federal government for supporting Kaduna state to develop its potential in human resources.


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Solid Minerals: FG Targets Sector To Boost Economy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Waziri Adio, says the solidmineral
sector, though not being tapped to its fullest, has thepotential to grow
Nigeria’s economy, create jobs and address a number ofsocial issues.
Adio made this known at the launch of a report designed toenhance the
contribution of the solid minerals sector to Nigeria’srevenue and Gross
Domestic Product, in Abuja.
The report is tagged ‘Improving Transparency and Governancein
Nigeria’s Mining Sector,’
According to him, NEITI, in launching the report, is seeinghow it can
bring on board, what needs to be done and how it should bedone.
He added that NEITI wanted to go beyond audits and do thingsthat
would impact lives of the citizenry.
Presenting the report, the Editorial Consultant andProfessor of Geology,
University of Ibadan, Gbenga Okunlola, said that incomparison with
other countries with similar potential, Nigeria’s miningsector was still
largely underdeveloped.


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Solksjaer Appointed As Manchester United Permanent Manager - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 28, 2019
Manchester united hired Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as its permanent manager on Thursday as a reward for leading the team to 14 wins in 19 games in his impressive interim spell.
The former United striker has turned the club’s season around after replacing Jose Mourinho as coach on December 19.
He has led the team into the Champions League quarterfinals and also revived its bid for a top-four finish in the English Premier League.
Solskjaer accepted a new three-year contract.
When Solskjaer was appointed on a temporary deal, United was sixth in the league and 11 points off fourth place — the last spot to gain automatic qualification for next season’s Champions League. Now United is in fifth place but only two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, after losing just one of its 13 league games under Solskjaer.
In the Champions League, United beat Paris Saint-Germain over two legs in the last 16 and next faces Barcelona.
“More than just performances and results, Ole brings a wealth of experience, both as a player and as a coach, coupled with a desire to give young players their chance and a deep understanding of the culture of the club.

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Soludo’s Possessions: Chief Justice Of Nigeria Orders Punitive Action Against FCT Judge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2021
National Judicial Commission, NJC spokesperson Soyi Oye who announced this in Abuja, said the CJN who is the Chairman of the Commission, gave the directive because the Upper Area Court acted outside its power.
However, the acting Chief Judge is expected to report back to Muhammad within 21 days.
It would be recalled that the Upper Area Court Zuba in Abuja had issued a criminal summons against Soludo over a criminal complaint brought before it by one Oliver Bitrus, who alleged serial abuse of office and breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the defendant, while he held office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria between May 29, 2004 and  May 29, 2009.

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Somali Attack: Ugandan Troops Arrive In Mogadishu To Beef Up Security For UN Staff - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 28, 2019
The United Nations, UN has said that six hundreds twentyfive Ugandan peacekeepers had arrived in Mogadishu to begin duties ofsupporting the UN efforts to bring peace and stability to the Horn of Africanation.
The UN Support Office in Somalia said the new officers andenlisted troops who are part of the UN Guard Unit will be tasked with ensuringthe safety of the world body’s staff in their compound in the capital city,Mogadishu.
The arrival of the Ugandan peacekeepers comes days afteral-Shabab said Wednesday’s attack on Mogadishu mayor’s office was intended totarget senior UN envoy in Somalia.
The incoming protection unit, known as UNGU-6, due to itbeing the sixth such rotation is made up of soldiers from the Uganda People’sDefence Forces


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Somali Military Says 40 Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed, Aided By U.S. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 10, 2023
The U.S. military’s Africa Command, AFRICOM, said the United States supported the Somalis launch the attack with three air strikes during fighting in the south of the country, near the border with Kenya.
It added that 10 Al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in the strike and that there were no civilian casualties.
The U.S. supports Somalia in the fight against Islamists with drones and other assistance.
The country, on the Horn of Africa with about 16 million inhabitants, has been rocked for years by attacks and other acts of violence, especially by Al-Shabaab.
For several months, the government in Mogadishu has been advancing against the terrorist group with a military offensive.
But the militia is increasingly attacking government bases and foreign troops in the country.
African Union peacekeepers based in the country are preparing to withdraw by the end of 2024, and have so far handed over six military bases to the Somali army.


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Somali Minister And US Commander Hold Security Talks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2022
The meeting, which was held at the US embassy in Mogadishu, was also attended by US envoy Larry Andre and the Somali prime minister’s security adviser.
The US embassy tweeted photos of General Langley’s visit to Mogadishu, saying Washington provides security assistance that strengthens Somali and AU partners as Somalia assumes full responsibility for protecting the Somali people from extremist violence and extortion.
The new Somali government has vowed to step up the fight against al-Shabab, which has intensified its attacks across the country this year.


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Somali: President Abdullahi Meets Kenyan Minister Amid Row - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2020
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” has met with Kenya’s Interior Minister Security Fred Matiang’i and other officials sent by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Themeeting came two days after the two Presidents agreed to work together toensure security at the border, as well as strengthen trade and diplomaticrelations.
Therehad been tension at the border near Mandera when Somali forces clashed withthose from the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland inside Kenyan soil. PresidentKenyatta had called it a flagrant breach by Somalia. Before that, Somaliaaccused Kenya of meddling in its internal affairs and warned it to stop itsencroachment in the border areas. Kenya denied the claims as baseless andinvalid.
Inanother development, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived anassassination attempt after his convoy was attacked in the capital, Khartoum.It was leant that an explosion hit as Prime Minister’s car was driving by butthank God no-one was hurt.
Hamdokwas appointed to head Sudan’s transitional government last August, a few monthsafter the overthrow of long-time President Omar al-Bashir. He has reportedlybeen moved to a safe location.


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Somalia: African Union Trains Troops To Help Enhance Security - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2019
TheAfrican Union, AU Mission in Somalia, AMISOM has completed training of militaryofficers from six regional countries to help stabilise the Horn of Africanation.
TheMission Chief Training Officer, Sebsibe Duba in a statement issued inMogadishu, challenged the military officers from Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya,Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe to diligently perform their duties infurthering the vision and mandate of the Mission.
Dubaalso urged the officers to maintain discipline and apply the highest level ofprofessionalism during their time of service under the mission.
Themilitary staff officers were appraised of the mission mandate, context andculture of the host country, and international humanitarian law.
Duringthe five-day training, the officers were grilled on their roles andresponsibilities and equipped with knowledge and skills to enable them toperform their work effectively in assisting the mission to deliver on itsmandate.


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Somalia: Al Shabaab Changes Tactics, Uses Home-Made Explosives - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 18, 2019
A United Nations report has revealedthat Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives to mount morefrequent and deadly attacks.
The findings are a blow forinternationally backed efforts to fight the al Shabaab insurgency, which hasrepeatedly carried out attacks in East Africa and launched dozens in Somaliathis year despite a dramatic
The analysis was based on at least 20attacks since July 2018, the report said.
It specify who did the analysis, butfootnotes cited the U.N. Mine Action Service, the U.S. Federal Bureau ofInvestigation and experts who were not named but only identified by the dateson which they were interviewed.
The U.N. panel declined to comment,and the two organisations did not respond to questions from Reuters.
Somali government officials could notbe reached for comment Luitenant Colonel Charles Imbiakha, spokesman for theAfrican Union peacekeeping force AMISOM, said it could not comment because ithad not seen the report.


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Somalia: At Least 10 Killed As Bus Hits Landmine - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2022
The victims were heading to the southern port city of Kismayo when an
explosion ripped through their vehicle as it hit what was believed to be a
landmine, local security official Mohamed Nur Dahir told AFP by
phone.
Many of the victims were taken to Kismayo for treatment, city resident
Abdukadir Mohamed Weli told AFP that.
Resident Osman Gelle, who arrived at the scene after the blast, said:
“Some of the victims were camel milk sellers from villages” near
Kismayo.
Kismayo was a former stronghold of the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group
Al-Shabaab, which frequently attacks civilian and government targets in
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Somalia: At Least Four Dead In Al-Shabab Assault On Mogadishu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 23, 2019
Al-Shababfighters stormed a Somali government building in Mogadishu on Saturday, killingat least four people in a suicide car bomb attack and an ensuing gunfight.
Alarge explosion shook the centre of the Somali capital in the latest bombing bythe group, which is fighting to establish its own rule based on a strictinterpretation of Islamic law, as the attackers stormed into the building.
Apolice officer Major Abdullahi Nur said that Al-Shabab stormed the buildingwhere two ministries, including the Ministry of Labour, work.
TheDirector of Amin Ambulance Service Abdikadir Abdirahman said eleven people wereinjured, adding that some were still trapped inside the building and that itwas not possible to rescue them because of an ongoing gun battle.KFc�_���3�


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Somalia: Bomb Explodes, Wounds 11 In Mogadishu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 8, 2020
The car bomb which exploded at a junctionin Mogadishu, the Somali capital has wounded at least eleven people.
There is no group that claimsresponsibility for the blast, which happened near buildings housing governmentoffices.
A vehicle loaded with bombs explodedat a checkpoint between the Security Ministry headquarters and Lower Housebuilding in the Sayidka area of Mogadishu.
Ambulances and firefighters headedtowards the scene where the blast occurred, the place is also surrounded bygovernment forces.
Ten days ago a similar car bombattack occurred at a busy intersection that caused the death of 90 people andinjured more than 100 people.
In another development, U.S PresidentDonald Trump says all is well shortly after Iran claimed responsibility formultiple rocket attacks on two military bases housing U.S.-led coalition forcesin Iraq.
Reports say no fewer than a dozenrockets struck the Al-Asad Air Force Base in western Iraq and another, locatedin Erbil.

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Somalia: Car Bomb Kills Three, Injures Many At Checkpoint - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2019
An explosion at a key checkpoint haskilled three and injured eleven others in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
A car loaded with explosive devicessped towards the checkpoint from the town of Afgoye.
After the Police managed to halt thevehicle at the strategic gateway into the city, the occupants jumped out andbegan shooting.
The car then exploded and destroyedseveral other vehicles that were passing by on the highway.
According to the Police, the carbomb was intended to target the city centre. One of the three attackers wasamong those who died.
It is not clear who is behind theattack although al-Shabab militants often attack the city.
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Somalia: Car Bomb Outside Mogadishu Hotel, Kills At Least 11 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 28, 2019
Acar bomb exploded near a hotel and restaurants in Mogadishu on Thursday,killing at least 11 people in a busy area targeted in the past by Islamistmilitants.
Theafternoon explosion sent smoke billowing into the sky and destroyed tworestaurants and some cars parked in the area.
AlQaeda-linked al Shabaab militants have in the past targeted the same location –the Wehliye Hotel – which is along the busy Maka al Mukaram road.
OnSaturday, 15 people died in two explosions and a gunfight between al Shabaabmilitants and security personnel in Mogadishu.
AlShabaab, which is trying to topple Somalia’s western-backed central government,was ejected from Mogadishu in 2011 and has since been driven from most of itsother strongholds.


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Somalia: Court Sentences Rapists To Death - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 13, 2019
A Somalian Court has handed down deathsentences to three men for the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl.
The Court in northern semi-autonomousstate of Puntland acquitted seven others.
The girl was abducted from a market inGalkayo town in February. Her body was discovered and a post-mortem found thatthat she had been strangled to death after being gang-raped.
The crime led to street protests as wellas reaction on social media with calls for the Puntland government to takeaction.


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Somalia: Many People Killed In Blast Near Airport - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 12, 2022
Although it is not yet clear who was behind the attack, Al-Shabab frequently carries out suicide bombings.
Somalia is also in the middle of a political crisis due to a power struggle between the president and prime minister ahead of elections.
In another development, A prominent opposition Senator and barrister in Cameroon Henry Kemende from the opposition Social Democratic Front, SDF has been killed in Bamenda city in the north-west.
Party Communication Secretary Denis Nkelemo told to BBC that the gunmen forced Kemende to get out of his car and then shot him in the chest, adding that the motive for the killing is not clear.
Bamenda is the main city English-speaking city in Cameroon, and at the centre of a political crisis that has led to armed conflict between separatists and the military.
According to the International Crisis Group, the fighting has killed more than 6,000 people and displaced about one million since 2017.

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Somalia: U.N Chief Condemns Terror Attacks In Mogadishu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 27, 2019
United Nations, UN Secretary General António Guterres has condemned the deadly terror attacks in Somalia. Reports say the attacks targeted the offices of the mayor of Mogadishu, leaving six government officials dead and several others injured
Reports say the attacks targeted the offices of the mayor ofMogadishu, leaving six government officials dead and several others injured.
A statement by his Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq, the UN Chiefcommiserated with the families and loved ones of the victims. He reiterated“the full support and solidarity of the United Nations with the people andFederal Government of Somalia”.
Guterres said the UN remained committed to supporting thepeople of Somalia in the pursuit of peace, stability and development.
According to media reports, the terror group, al-Shabab, hasclaimed responsibility for the attack carried out by a female suicide bomber.
The UN said mayor of Mogadishu, Abdirahman Osman, was one ofthose injured in Wednesday’s attack. The world body added that  Osman is reportedly unconscious, and is dueto be flown to Turkey for treatment.��wS7}�


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Some 23,000 People Have Fled DRC Amid Violence In North East – UN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 24, 2022
Its Office in Congo tweeted that over Around 2,500 people arrived in Uganda from the Congo since the latest outbreak of violence on Thursday between M23 rebel forces and the Congolese army in Rutshuru near the border with Uganda and Rwanda.
The UN also added that since March, the clashes have displaced at least 186,000 people, bringing the total number of displaced people in Rutshuru territory to over 396,000.
It was gathered that the M23 movement, which had been defeated in 2013 by the Congolese army, consists of former soldiers of the Congolese army who split off in 2012 and formed a rebel group.
According to the United States, around 130 armed rebel groups vying for control of Congolese’s vast natural wealth, which includes copper, cobalt, gold, and diamonds.

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Some States Don’t Need COVID-19 Labs — NCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 6, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said not every state requires a molecular laboratory to test for coronavirus.
The media aide to the NCDC Director General, Emeka Oguanuo, said this while addressing the non-existence of COVID-19 labs in Border States including Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi, Yobe, Jigawa and Adamawa.
According to Oguanuo, labs of that nature are not built overnight.
He explained that so long as the states had effective sample collection infrastructure, they could affect the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients in their states.
Oguanuo stated that the long-term plan was to have the requisite infrastructure in each state.


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SON Inaugurates Committee To Promote Best Education Practices - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 11, 2022
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has inaugurated the National Technical Committee for the adoption and certification of education management standards.
This was made known to journalists in Abuja during the inauguration of the Committee.
The Director General of SON, Farouk Salim, who was represented by the Director of training services in the organisation, Timothy Abner, stressed the need for the country to adhere to best international practices.
Abner, however, added that although government is doing a lot to upgrade the standard of products and the education sector, there should be additional effort of adopting and establishing this international best practice which will assist Nigeria to always deliver globally recognised services and products in different sectors of the economy.
He added that the Committee is saddled with the responsibility of drawing up requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of educational organisations management systems.


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SON Partners Army On Intelligence Sharing, Surveillance, Enforcement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2021
This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the SON Public Relations Officer South-East/South-South region, Paul Iorkyaa, in Enugu.
The statement said that SON’s State Coordinator for Rivers and Bayelsa, Sam Ayuba, sought the collaboration when he paid a courtesy visit to the General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Sanni Mohammed.
It said that the event took place in Port Harcourt on October 13.
Ayuba noted that there was the need to strengthen the collaborative relationship between the Agency and the Division in fighting the menace of substandard products manufactured in the country and those smuggled in through the borders.
Responding, Mohammed said that the Division was ready to collaborate with any progressive thinking Agency or Organisation in the area of security and protection of lives and property.

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SON Seizes N38 Million Cooking Gas Cylinders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 3, 2019
The Standards Organisation ofNigeria, SON has seized a forty-foot container with substandard LiquefiedPetroleum Gas, LPG also known as cooking gas cylinders worth over thirty eightymillion naira.
The SON’s Director-General Osita Aboloma said the cylinders failed to meet the safety requirements, and as such, pose a threat to human lives and property in the country.
Read: SON Seizes N38m Substandard Aluminium Roofing Sheets
He stressed the need to adhere to standards when dealing in cylinders, adding that it is dangerous to use cylinders of higher capacities like 12.5 kilograms and above as camping gas where burners are fitted on top of the cylinders.
According to Aboloma, who was represented by the Director, Compliance, SON, Obiora Manafa, cylinders above 6.25 kilograms capacities like 12.5 kilograms shall be fitted with 27mm valves fitted with safety relief device, and piped to a burner via a hose and a regulator.
The Director-General decried that many avoidable cylinder explosions across the country had led to loss of lives and properties.

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South Africa: 13 Dead After Car Ploughs Into Minibuses - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
Atleast 13 people were dead in South Africa after a collision involving threevehicles on Saturday.
Transportauthority spokesperson Hilary Mophete said that a driver allegedly drove offthe road, sideswiping a minibus and then colliding head on with a second bus.
Thesecond bus burst into flames, killing 11 persons; the driver of the car and onepassenger in the first minibus also died and six people were injured whilethree were severely injured.
The accident happened in Free State, a province in the country’s centre.


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South Africa: AU Says Elections Peaceful, Transparent, Credible - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 11, 2019
The African Union, AUhas acknowledged the South African general elections as peaceful, transparent,inclusive and credible.
The AU ElectionObservation Mission said in a statement posted on the AU official website.
The Mission said theelections were conducted “in a calm, peaceful and orderly manner” and affordedthe people of South Africa the opportunity to exercise their democratic rightsof choosing their leaders.
It added that theSouth African Independent Electoral Commission prepared and conducted theelections in a professional and transparent manner and in accordance with therelevant laws governing elections in the country.This came as a coalition ofthirty five smaller political parties said they were unhappy with the runningof the elections which they said were marred by double voting. They threatenedto go to court and demand an election rerun.


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South Africa Coach, Hugo Broos,  Dares Super  Eagles - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 29, 2024
The Bafana Bafana has improved since 2021, when Broos took over as head coach.
The Belgian has built the team around home-based players, and they have achieved a good level of success as a result.
In the last Africa Cup of Nations, they perform well, finishing third after losing to Nigeria in the semi-final.
They even beat 2022 World Cup finalists Morocco in the run-up to their bronze-medal finish.
During this international break, the Bafana Bafana returned to action for the first time since the AFCON third-place game against D.R. Congo, and they had games against Andorra and Algeria.


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South Africa: Commission Condemns Alleged Murder Of Nigerian Woman - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 9, 2019
TheNigerian Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM has condemned the alleged murder of theDeputy Director-General of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, ElizabethNdubuisi-Chukwu in South Africa.
TheMedia Assistant in NIDCOM, Gabriel Odu made the condemnation in a statement inAbuja.
Accordingto Odu, this is one death too many and cannot be swept under the carpet.
Hesaid that the Chairman of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa had called on SouthAfrican authorities to rise up to their responsibilities and ensure that thosebehind the act were brought to book.
Ndubuisi-Chukwwuwas in South Africa to attend the Conference of the African InsuranceOrganisation.
Shewas reportedly found dead in her room at Emperor’s Palace Casino Hotel andConvention Centre, Johannesburg on June 13th.


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South Africa Eases Covid-19 Crowd Restrictions For World Cup Game - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 12, 2021
The government has approved that a limited number of spectators will be allowed back into the stadium,” a national football association statement said.
All sport in South Africa was cancelled in March 2020 as the first wave of the coronavirus hit the most industrialised African nation. Play resumed five months later in empty stadiums.
The lack of spectators inflicted severe financial hardship on the three most popular sports cricket, football and rugby.
South Africa has been the country hardest hit in Africa by the pandemic with 2.91 official cases and 88,317 deaths by Sunday.
Long-time strugglers, the national team are enjoying a resurgence in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, leading more fancied Ghana by one point halfway through a six-round mini-league.

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South Africa Election: ANC Leads As Votes Counted - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2019
Votesare being counted in South Africa’s election, with President Cyril Ramaphosahoping to prevent a slide in support for the governing African NationalCongress, ANC.
Withresults declared in some 46% of districts, it has won about 57% of the ballot,well ahead of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on 23%.
TheANC took 62% at the last general election in 2014.
Angerover the economy and corruption may have eroded its appeal.
Theradical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is in third place with 9%, based onthe official early results.
Turnoutwas about 65% in the twin parliamentary and provincial elections – a dropcompared to the 73% registered five years ago.
TheANC,After sacking its beleaguered leader, Jacob Zuma, just under two years ago,the new man in charge, Cyril Ramaphosa, went on an anti-corruption campaign.
Hecalled this a “new dawn” for one of Africa’s oldest liberationmovement.


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South Africa Election: ANC Set To Return To Office Amidst Reduced Majority - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2019
Thegoverning African National Congress, ANC is expected to be returned to officein South Africa’s parliamentary election, but with a reduced majority.
Withmore than 90% of district results declared, the ANC has won 57% of the ballot,well ahead of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on 21%.
TheANC, which has been in power since 1994, won 62% of the vote at the lastgeneral election in 2014.
Angerover the economy and corruption may have eroded its appeal.
Analystspredict the ANC will win the election with up to 59% of the vote.
Turnoutwas about 65% in the twin parliamentary and provincial elections – a dropcompared to the 73% registered five years ago.
Fullresults are due on Saturday.
SouthAfrica’s political landscape has shifted only slightly with these elections,the governing ANC slipping from 62% to 57% nationally.
That’sstill quite an achievement for a party that has presided over a decade ofeconomic stagnation and entrenched corruption.


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South Africa: Flood Death Toll Rises To More Than 250 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2022
The latest figure eclipses the previous number of 59 fatalities reported
by government.
The Provincial Health Chief, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, said
Wednesday after hillsides washed away, homes collapsed, and more
people were still feared missing, in what was regarded as the country’s
deadliest floods in over six decades.
The torrential rain has caused homes to collapse and hillsides have been
swept away.
Other homes hung precariously to the hillside, miraculously still intact
after much of the ground underneath them washed away in mudslides.
The storm forced sub-Saharan Africa’s most important port to halt
operations, as the main access road suffered heavy damage.
Shipping containers were tossed about, washed into mountains of metal.
Sections of other roads were washed away, leaving behind gashes in the
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South Africa: Girl, 8, Only Survivor As 45 Killed In Bus Crash - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 29, 2024
The South African public broadcaster confirmed the incidents adding that, an eight-year-old girl, the only survivor, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The bus crashed through a barrier and caught fire when it hit the ground in the north-eastern Limpopo province.
The passengers were pilgrims travelling from Botswana’s capital Gaborone to an Easter service in the town of Moria.
The vehicle lost control and went off a bridge on the mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, around 300 kilometers north of Johannesburg.
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South Africa: Kidnapped Nigerian Man Found Dead After Ransom Payment By Family - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 9, 2021
His lifeless body was discovered near a bush in Newlands – Kwazulu
Natal on Wednesday with gunshot wounds to the head, he was
identified by his brothers at a state mortuary.
Okinedo’s wife and brother arrived at the Reaction Unit South Africa
(RUSA) Headquarters earlier this week, seeking assistance to secure his
release after he was kidnapped.
It was also reported that they had paid the kidnappers twice yet he was
not released.
According to his wife, Okinedo, a DSTV technician left for the
Senzokwethu Secondary School in H Section Ntunzuma on Saturday to
meet a client wanting to fit a decoder.
His family received a call from his cellphone later the same day and
Okinedo informed them that he was held against his will and the
kidnappers were demanding R2000 (N52,000) for his release.
The family negotiated the amount to R500 (N13,000) and the money
was transferred via e-wallet to a provided mobile number. The victim
was allowed to speak to his family for a few minutes before the call was
abruptly disconnected. Both phones were then switched off and the
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South Africa Mine Dam Wall Collapses, Killing 1, Injuring 40 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 12, 2022
The flooding killed one person and injured 40 others who have been taken to hospital for treatment.
It added that emergency services were evacuating scores of residents from the area. Some members of the community were forced to “escape with only the clothes on their backs,” the department was quoted as saying.
The incident also resulted in a power cut in Jagersfontein, as the substation powering it was submerged in mud.
Officials said they were working to restore power at the earliest, yet stressing that it was not possible to provide a clear timeframe for when it could be restored.

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South Africa: Nigerians, Other Foreigners Get Eviction Threat, As Fresh Crisis Brews - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2020
Nigerians and other foreigners are handed a 12-hourultimatum by indigenes of Keimoes and Upington areas of Northern Cape Province,South Africa to leave.
President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajosaid, in a statement, that the development is as a result of an incident thattook place between a police officer and a Nigerian on Wednesday.
He explained that the Nigerian allegedly stabbed to deaththe Police officer, Nico Visagie, during a disagreement.
Olubajo added that the details of the disagreement werestill not very clear, as the major witness is also stabbed multiple times andis still in critical condition at the hospital.
He said the suspect who stabbed the police officer had beenarrested and would appear in Court on or before Monday.
The Union’s President applauded the swift intervention ofthe members of the South African Police Service, SAPS and the arrest of thesuspect is a welcome development.

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South Africa: Parliament Elects ANC's Ramaphosa As President - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 22, 2019
South Africa’s parliament dulyelected the ruling African National Congress (ANC)‘s Cyril Ramaphosa to retainthe office of the president.
Ramaphosa was widely expected to beretained as president by the 400 lawmakers in parliament’s National Assemblylower house, where his party holds the majority. He will be inaugurated onSaturday.
The ANC easily won South Africa’sMay 8 general election, but its vote share fell to a post-apartheid low,reflecting anger at corruption and racial inequality still entrenched ageneration since the former liberation movement took power.
Since replacing Zuma, Ramaphosa haspledged to fight corruption, reform struggling state-owned companies and revivea sclerotic economy. But he has struggled to enact reforms in the face ofopposition from party rivals.


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South Africa: President Ramaphosa Names Special Tribunal To Recover Corruption Proceeds - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
The South Africa government is to set up a special tribunalwith powers to fast-track prosecutions and recover the proceeds of corruption.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the tribunal would considercases brought by the Special Investigating Unit.
After 25 years in power, the African National Congress hasbecome tainted by widespread allegations of corruption, which forced outRamaphosa’s predecessor, Jacob Zuma, last year.
South Africa faces elections on 8 May.
Ramaphosa’s announcement of the eight-member panel comes aday after the largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, said it wouldplace the fight against corruption at the heart of its election campaign.
He has vowed to tackle corruption since coming to power.

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South Africa: President Ramaphosa Registers As MP, Promises All-Inclusive Cabinet - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 22, 2019
South Africa’s incoming President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken about the composition of his new cabinet after registering as a Member of the sixth parliament.
He stressed that the team will be one that will have the right mix to help realize the plans the African national Congress, ANC sold to voters.
The next parliament is due to be constituted exactly two weeks after the May 8th national elections which the ruling ANC he leads won with fifty seven per cent of valid votes cast.
The electoral configuration in South Africa is such that the party with the highest number of seats deploys one of their own parliamentarians to become president. Ramaphosa took over from Jacob Zuma in February 2018 and led the ANC into the polls.
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South Africa: Ramaphosa Sworn In As President - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 25, 2019
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has been officiallysworn-in as President and Commander-In-Chief.
The Head of State who is serving for another termemphasized the creation of more jobs for South Africa. He also highlighted theneed to work with team spirit to promote nation building.
Ramaphosa proclaimed that better days are ahead forSouth Africa.
Across the continent, special dignities joined inthe celebration including the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo,Felix Tshisekedi and Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe.
The theme for the inauguration is: “TogetherCelebrating Democracy: Renewal and Growth for a Better South Africa”.It reinforces thateveryone has a role to play in building a brighter tomorrow. It also emphasisthat South Africans must build on achievements and work even harder to tacklepoverty, inequality


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South Africa: U.N General Assembly Lauds President Ramaphosa’s Gender-Parity Government - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 31, 2019
The United NationsGeneral Assembly President, María Espinosa has applauded South Africa’s firstgender-parity’ cabinet announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
She gave thecommendation in a tweet following Ramaphosa’s announcement of the new cabinetin which, for the first time in the country’s history, fifty per cent of allministers are women.
Espinosa described thedecision as a strong example of an inclusive leadership style which will bearfruits not only for South Africa but for the entire region.
Ramaphosa reduced thenumber of ministers in what he called a bloated cabinet from thirty six totwenty eight.
In another surprise move, one of the fourteen female Ministers identified as Patricia de Lille is a member of the opposition Good Party.


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South Africa: Zuma Hospitalised Ahead Of Graft Trial - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2021
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for contempt of
court last month, was admitted to hospital on Friday, less than a week
before he is due in court for a separate graft trial.
Zuma, 79, is scheduled to attend the resumption of a long-running
corruption trial on August 10.
The hearing will include a plea to drop 16 charges of fraud, graft and
racketeering against him related to the 1999 purchase of fighter jets,
patrol boats and equipment from five European arms firms when he was
deputy president.
He is accused of taking bribes from one of the firms, which has been
charged with corruption and money laundering.
In a separate case, Zuma was handed a 15-month jail sentence in late
June for snubbing a commission probing state corruption under his
2009-19 presidency.
He started serving the sentence on July 8 at Estcourt prison, in the east
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South Africa: Zuma’s Graft Trial Postponed To September 9 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 10, 2021
The 79-year-old was admitted to the hospital for observation on Friday for an undisclosed condition, which prompted Tuesday’s hearing to be held virtually rather than in open court.
Wim Trengove, a lawyer representing the state, last month acerbically referred to the postponements as “Stalingrad: Season 27,” apparently referring to an entrenched strategy of delay by the defence.
He is accused of taking bribes from one of the firms, French defence giant Thales, which has been charged with corruption among others. Both Zuma and Thales have pleaded not guilty.
It whould be recalled that Zuma began serving a 15-month jail sentence last month for snubbing a commission probing state corruption under his 2009-2018 presidency.
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa Wins Legal Fight With Anti-Corruption Watchdog - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa won the latest round of a legal battle with South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog on Monday, as a judge delayed implementation of findings linked to its claim that he misled parliament about a leadership campaign donation.
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PublicProtector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, alleged in July that Ramaphosa had “deliberatelymisled” parliament about the 500,000 rands donation for the 2017 campaign tosucceed Jacob Zuma as head of the governing African National Congress.
Mkhwebanesaid there was also prima facie evidence of money laundering involving millionsof rand in the handling of donations for the campaign.
Ramaphosacalled her report, flawed and, in Monday’s High Court challenge against it, wasgranted an interdict against the implementation of the watchdog’s findingswhile he appeals.
Thesaga has proven a headache for Ramaphosa, who has staked his reputation oncleaning up institutionalised corruption and reviving Africa’s most developedeconomy, providing ammunition for enemies including an ANC faction loyal to Zuma.


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South-East Insecurity: Herders Not The Target – Miyetti Allah - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2022
The South-East Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Gidado Siddiki, said this in Enugu on Tuesday.
He spoke on the sideline of the burning of a truck-load of cattle in Anambra on May 8, 2022.
Since the incident, there has been hostile exchange between a herders’ association called Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB.
However, the MACBAN zonal chairman said though the incident was reprehensible and the perpetrators should be brought to book, the situation needed not be allowed to degenerate.
He said the security challenge in the South-East was not an isolated one from the totality of the situation in the country.
He attributed the surge in criminal activities to injustice, inequity and unemployment, adding that the various levels of government had a role to play at addressing the challenge.


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South-East: NEMA Embarks On Flood Impact Assessment In 12 Communites - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
The National Emergency ManagementAgency, NEMA says it has carried out flood impact assessment in twelvecommunities and settlements in three states of the South-East.
The NEMA South-East Coordinator FredAnusim who made this known in Enugu said the exercise took place in Anambra,Ebonyi and Enugu.
He added that the exercise is inresponse to calls from individuals and  governments, urging the agency tocarry out the impact of flooding and erosion in the affected communities andfarm settlements.
According to Anusim, the NationalHydrological Agency has warned that the rains will be much in September.
The Coordinator said that the agencyobserved during the assessment that property and people’s means of livelihoodvalued at millions of naira had been destroyed by the disaster.

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South Korea: Polls Open For Presidential Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2022
Early voting indicates turnout will be high after a campaign dominated
by mud-slinging between Lee, of the ruling Democratic Party, and Yoon
of the opposition People Power Party.
The first voters arrived at polling stations as it was still dark, lining up at
polling stations wearing their masks.
South Korea is in the grip of an Omicron COVID-19 wave, with more
than 200,000 new virus cases being recorded most days this month.
More than a million people are currently isolating at home after testing
positive, health authorities say. The country amended its electoral laws
last month to ensure they would be able to vote.
An additional 90 minutes will be allotted after closing when Covid-
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South Sudan: 120 Child Soldiers Freed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 12, 2019
An armed group in South Sudan released 119 child soldiers on Tuesday, according to the United Nations Children’s fund UNICEF.
Forty eight of the children released by the South Sudan National Liberation Movement are girls and the youngest child is only 10 years old, UNICEF said.
Tuesday’s release, which coincides with the ‘International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers’  took place in the south-western town of Yambio and brings the total number of child soldiers freed from armed groups over the past six years to more than 3,100.
The children received fresh clothes, shoes and will be provided with three years of integration support to help them return to civilian life and prevent re-recruitment.
The agency added that many of the children had been kidnapped by militia groups, while others had joined due to economic hardship and social pressure.
Troops kill 58 bandits, lose two men Child soldiers are used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers and spies and are also subjected to sexual exploitation.

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South Sudan: 15 Killed In Clashes Between Cattle Raiders, Farmers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 17, 2019
No fewer than 15 people were killed during clashes between cattle raiders and farmers in South Sudan, the information minister said on Friday.
State Information Minister Majak Malou, said that Armed youths from the Athuoi and Pakam clans attacked a cattle camp near the town of Rumbek in the volatile East African nation’s Western Lakes State on Thursday night.
According to Malou, nine other people received bullet wounds while the attackers, who were armed with machine guns, stole 200 cattle.
Cattle raiding have occurred for centuries in the East African nation, with the attacks often carrying an ethnic component.


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South Sudan: AU Urges Warring Parties To Utilize Extension Period To Address Unresolved Matters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2019
The African Union, AUhas called on South Sudan’s parties to agree on a systematic approach toaddress unsettled matters within the agreed 100-days extension period.
ThePeace and Security Council of the 55-member pan-African bloc in a statement,which followed the Council’s latest meeting that dwelt upon the currentsituation in South Sudan.
TheCouncil made the call weeks after President Salva Kiir and the country’s mainopposition leader Machar agreed to postpone the formation of a transitionalgovernment of national unity by 100 days.
Thecouncil stressed the need for the parties to agree on a systematic approach foraddressing outstanding matters, with a view to effectively and efficientlyutilise the coming 100-days to complete the remaining crucial tasks.
Thestatement added that the outstanding matters include prominent securityarrangements and the number of states and internal boundaries of South Sudan.
According to the Council, which welcomed the extension of the Pre-Transitional Period, also noted that the outcome creates a conducive environment for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD to decisively give impetus to the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement.

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South Sudan: Bush Fire Guts 4 Villages, Kills 33 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 7, 2019
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people.
The president’s spokesman said, in a statement that 60 other people were in a critical condition, adding the toll was likely to rise.
The injured are receiving medication which is not sufficient given the remote state of the area in which the incident has taken place
Information minister, Mathok Wal, Lol State’s said the fire had also destroyed 138 houses in the villages in Korok East County and killed 10,000 cattle.


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South Sudan: Concern Grows Over Fighting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 21, 2019
Thereis growing international concern about fighting between rival armed groups inSouth Sudan.
Thousandsof people have fled over the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo in recentdays to escape the violence.
Norway,the UK and the US – known as the Troika – say they are particularly disturbedby the situation around Yei.
Theyhave called on the government of South Sudan, the forces loyal to the formerVice-President Riek Machar and another rebel group, the National SalvationFront, to end the violence immediately and to respect last year’s peaceagreement.
TheTroika also called on regional leaders to respect the UN arms embargo.

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South Sudan: President Kiir Says Delay In Unity Gov’t Formation Could Derail Peace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 21, 2019
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has warned that delay in the formation of the new unity government could jeopardise the search for peace and stability in the world’s youngest nation.
In a televised speech, Kiir urged his longtime rival and opposition leader Riek Machar to return to the country in a bid to expedite the process of forming the revitalised coalition government as stipulated in the September 2018 peace deal.
He said that South Sudan is ready for a new spirit and the dawn of a new sense of national unity and there was no better way to express this than to establish a government that brings all parties together.
According to him, there is no honour in pursuing personal ambitions that go contrary to the popular demands of the citizens.
Kiir added that the warring parties should continue dialogue and make compromises that are acceptable to all.


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South Sudan: President Kiir Warns Against Planned Protests - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2019
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has warned against planned protestts, saying any forceful attempts to seize power in the country would be met with violent resistance.
In the past two weeks, a new group calling itself the Red Card Movement has been circulating calls online for a protest on Thursday with the hashtags #KiirMustGo and #SouthSudanUprising, with organisers appearing to be based mostly in the diaspora.
The movement appears to be inspired by street protests in neighbouring Sudan which led to the toppling of veteran president Omar al-Bashir.
Since last week security on the streets of Juba has been beefed up. However officials have said this was unrelated to the planned protests, but was in preparation for a public holiday Thursday celebrating those who took up arms in the fight for independence from Sudan, achieved in 2011.
Army spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang said the celebrations had been postponed by a week for final touches to preparations.


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South Sudan President Sacks Central Bank Governor - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 4, 2022
The dismissal of Dier Tong Ngor was announced in a presidential decree read on the national broadcaster.
No reasons were given for his sacking.
He was replaced by Moses Makur Deng who has been a director-general in charge of banks’ supervision and research at the bank.
South Sudan’s economy is driven by oil, which accounts for nearly 90% of the country’s national budget.
The economy is in a bad shape due to the conflict and the drop in global oil price as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.
Some South Sudanese online have welcomed the appointment of Deng and urged him to improve the economy.

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South Sudan Rejects Renewal Of Un Sanctions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2023
The Security Council extended the sanctions regime imposed on the country for one year, which also included asset freezes and travel bans.
South Sudan’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deng Dau Malek said his country regrets and objects to any renewal of the sanctions because it is unjustified.
Deng noted that the renewal of the sanctions and arms embargo will affect the implementation of the security arrangement.
He added that the sanctions will be the main factor that affects the economy, trade, commerce and the security of the country.
Furthermore, he lamented that investors will not have an interest in coming to South Sudan because it is a country under sanctions.


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South Sudan: Senior UN Official Condemns Killing Of Humanitarian Worker - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 21, 2021
Hollingworth, in a statement said the World Food Programme WFP convoy had been deliberately targeted.
Press release issued by the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA said Armed men attacked the convoy of five amphibious vehicles between Tindiir and Duk Padiet in Jonglei State on Sunday, spraying them with bullets.
The team was returning from Tindiir, where they had delivered critical live-saving food assistance for people adversely hit by flooding in the region, when it was ambushed.
Hollingworth demanded that authorities should make every effort to bring the perpetrators to justice, ensuring that communities were protected along with “humanitarian personnel and assets across the country.”

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South Sudan: Thousands Of Displaced Persons 'Suffering' Without Food, Water - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 17, 2019
Officials in South Sudan’s Yei River State saythousands of people who fled their homes during fighting over the past twoweeks are without food or clean water.
The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in YeiRiver County says that up to 6,000 internally displaced persons IDPs are livingunder trees on the outskirts of Yei town. Other local residents fled across theborder into the northern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The residents fled fighting between governmentforces and National Salvation Front rebels led by Thomas Cirillo. Witnesses saidthat soldiers killed civilians, raped women, and burned entire villages.
Several humanitarian organizations operating in thearea said they also lack the funds necessary to provide humanitarian assistanceto the displaced.

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South Sudan: UN Notes Progress Mixed With Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 9, 2019
The United Nations’ topenvoy in South Sudan offered a mixed picture of progress as that country triesto move toward peace after more than five years of civil war.
David Shearer told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council that overalllevels of political-related violence are down, opposition politicians aremoving around the capital freely, and for the first time in three years,displaced civilians are expressing a willingness to return home.
The U.N. envoy said the timetable set out in the September 12,2018, Revitalized Peace Agreement is well behind where it should be andfundamental issues still have to be resolved, such as providing security forreturning opposition leaders, including Riek Machar, who is currently in neighboringKhartoum.
Time is running out for this phase of the peace process, whichwill end on May 12, when the pre-transitional government isscheduled to take over and Machar is due to return to Juba to assume his roleas first vice president.


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South Sudan: United Nations Reports Horrific Sexual Violence Against Women - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 15, 2019
Women and girls continue to suffer high levelsof conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan, even though warring partiessigned a peace deal.
The United Nations High Commissioner for HumanRights Michelle Bachelet and the UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS said this ina report.
The UN Human officials said at least 134 womenand girls were raped and 41 suffered other forms of sexual and physical violencein the northern Unity Region between September and December.
Some victims were as young as eight years old,while others were pregnant women or nursing mothers, the report said.
The UN said it estimates the actual level ofsexual violence to be considerably higher than the number of cases recorded.’

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South West Governors Strategise Security Network - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 24, 2019
GovernorKayode Fayemi of Ekiti state has said that Governors in the South-West are planning a security network inan  effort to tackle security challengesin the country.
Fayemimade this known while fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of thefirst Governors’ Lecture Series of the Mass Communication Department of theUniversity of Lagos in conjuction with the university’s Multi Media Centreof  Excellence.
Thelecture is an annual communication in governance agenda setting initiative.
TheGovernor noted that the main security outfits in the country were intensifyingefforts to fight crimes but said that more needed to be done.


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South-West: Police Ready To Deploy Special Forces To Fight Insecurity - IGP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
September 6, 2019
TheInspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu confirmed plans by authorities todeploy Special Forces to the South-West zone for more effective fight againstinsecurity and crimes.
Adamumade this known in a talk with newsmen during a visit to the state policeheadquarters in Akure, as part of his tour of the South-West zone.
TheInspector General said that he had discussed the planned Special Forces withthe governor,s and the traditional rulers in the zone during security summitorganised by the police in Ibadan.
Healso said that the Federal Government had acquired better and improved bodyarmours to secure the lives of policemen while combating criminals. He addedthat community policing would soon be inaugurated to help fight crime and getinformation to battle criminals.
ThePolice Boss said that vehicles with state-of-the-art equipment would be givento state commands in order to use technology to fight crime.

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Southern Kaduna Crisis: Governor El-Rufa’i Sets Up Judicial Commission - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 7, 2019
Kaduna State GoverNasir El-Rufa’i on Wednesday, inaugurated a 12-member Judicial Commission ofInquiry into the incessant communal crises in Kajuru, Kachia and Chikun LocalGovernment Areas of the state.
The commission wasgiven three months to unveil perpetrators of the crises, causes and solutions toguard against future occurrence.
The commission isexpected to focus its investigation from 2017 to date, identify the immediateand remote causes, individuals, traditional and religious institutions andassociations that might have contributed to the build up of the disturbancesand recommend further action.
It was also mandatedestablish the extent of loss of lives and property and other forms of damages,as well as recommend actions to be taken against perpetrators.
Justice Isa Aliyu ofKaduna State High Court will head the Commission of inquiry, with Edward Andowas Secretary.

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Southern Kaduna: Forum Urges Federal Government To Tackle Killings, Insecurity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 8, 2020
ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe who made the call in a statement in Kaduna said the Forum is worried over the spate of insecurity and killings in the area, adding that the federal government needs to muster the political will to tackle this menace.
He said there were reports of renewed violence in Chikum, Zangon Kataf and Kaura Local Government Areas, urging the security agencies to step up their activities in the troubled areas in the interest of the people.
The statement also called on the people of Southern Kaduna to break the barriers of tribe and religion and work together to trigger lasting peace in the area.
The Kaduna State Government had recently set up a white paper committee on the report of the investigative committee on Zangon Kataf riot of 1992.  24-hour curfew had been imposed in Chikun and Zangon Kataf local government areas.

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Southern Kaduna: Gunmen Kill 2, Houses Burnt In Community Attack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 13, 2020
Some gunmen killed two persons and burnt many houses in an attacked on a community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the Kaduna state, just 24 hours after Southern Kaduna peace summit.
The summit was organised by the National Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC in conjunction with inter-faith groups in Kafanchan on Thursday called for immediate end to killings, attacks, kidnappings and rustling in the region.
The Southern Kaduna People’s Union, SOKAPU in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer Luka Binniyat, however   said gunmen invaded Manyi-Mashin village in the early hours of Friday killing two persons, burning many houses and carting away valuables.
The statement added that the two persons who were burnt beyond recognition are Cecilia Ishaya mother of six children and Iliya Sunday, who left behind eight children.
It however said though men of Operation Safe Heaven, OPSH promptly responded, the militia fled before their arrival and also recalled that on September 8th some militia laid ambush for three Atyap youths from Atakmawei in same Zamandabo Ward in Atyap Chiefdom, as they went to clear weed in their sugarcane farm.
SOKAPU also called on the Federal Government, through Operation Safe Heaven, under the command of Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, to expatiate action and bring to book all the militias that are currently occupying 101 Southern Kaduna Communities in four of the Local Government Areas.

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Southern Kaduna Killings: Presidency Says It Is More Complicated Than Many Are Ready To Admit - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 22, 2020
The presidency has reacted to the killings in southern Kaduna State, saying that it is more complicated than many people are willing to admit.
According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, noted that the problem in southern Kaduna is an evil combination of politically-motivated banditry, revenge killings and mutual violence by criminal gangs acting on ethnic and religious grounds.
He added that the region enjoys comprehensive security deployments, including the army, special forces of both the army and the Air Force, surveillance aircraft by the Air Force and mobile police units that are on the ground on a 24-hour basis to forestall criminality and keep the peace.


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Sowore Re-Arrest: Rights Commission Urges Law Enforcement Officials To Respect Law - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 7, 2019
The National Human RightsCommission, NHRC has called on law enforcement officials to respect the law.
The Commission’s Executive SecretaryTony Ojukwu made the call in Abuja while reacting to the invasion of theFederal High Court, Abuja by the Department of State Services, DSS operativesto re-arrest Omoyele Sowore who was earlier released by the same department.
He said that the commission hadwatched with dismay the conduct of law enforcement officers in “facie curie” onFriday December 6 at the Federal High court Abuja.
Ojukwu reiterated the need for lawenforcement officials to understand that to qualify as law enforcement agents,they must first of all be law abiding and not be above the law.
The Executive Secretary urged allthe relevant agencies of government to arrest and try all law enforcementofficers involved in the desecration of the hallowed chambers of the high courtfor contempt in the face of the Court.

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Space Week: Women In Aerospace Advocate Space Education In Schools’ Curriculum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 8, 2021
The group made the call in Abuja when they paid a courtesy visit to the
Director General of the National Space Research and Development
Agency, NASRDA Halilu Shaba, to intimate him of the activities of
WIAN, join the rest of women globally to mark the World Space Week.
World Space Week, celebrated every October 4 to 10 was established by
the resolution of the UN General Assembly in December 1999. World
Space Week for 2021 is with the theme “Women in Space”.
The week is set aside to celebrate the contributions of space science and
technology to the development of human conditions and for sustainable
development.
Secretary of the group Chidimma Iroka, while speaking on the
curriculum, said they had been engaging in visiting schools to educate
the girl-child on the importance of space to human lives.
She noted that the curriculum was designed to expose the girl-child to
activities in space, where they would get hands-on practical on flying
objects into the air, develop space codes.
Also, Assistant Director, Space Application, NASRDA Rakiya
Babamaaji, said WIAN hopes to get the first Nigerian woman into space,
adding that they have a roadmap that involved going to space.

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Spain To Prioritise Investment In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2019
Spain’s Ambassador to Nigeria,Marcelino Ansorena says his country would prioritise investment in Nigeria tostrengthen the ties between them.
Ansorena said this on the sidelinesof the Spanish contemporary dance concert entitled “Alguien vendrá a buscarnos”in Abuja. The event organised by the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria is a yearlypractice that sought to promote Spanish and the Nigerian culture.
He commended relationship betweenboth countries to have been built upon historic foundation since Nigeria’sindependence in 1960.
The Envoy noted that the bilateralrelations between Nigeria and Spain is built on peace and security, economicdevelopment and culture, saying more will be done to strengthen their ties.

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Speakership: CUPP Calls For Religious, Moral Considerations In Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 10, 2019
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP has urged members-elect of the Ninth House of Representatives to consider religious balancing, character and integrity in electing their Speaker.
The group, comprising the opposition parties in the country, made the appeal in Abuja at a world press conference addressed by its Co-National Spokesperson Mark Adebayo.
The group argued that with the multi-ethnic and multi-religious nature of the country, efforts must be made to ensure balance in political offices.
Adebayo said that while CUPP was not against the decision of the All Progressives Congress, APC to zone the leadership of the parliament, it would be wrong for the ruling party to micro-zone the positions to certain individuals.
The Co-National Spokesperson called on President Buhari and the ruling party to order the anti-corruption agency to investigate the allegations of malfeasance against some of those angling to occupy the position of Speaker of the Ninth Assembly.


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Special Eagles Maul Burundi 11-0, Qualifies For Quarter Finals. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2024
Striker, Michael Jewell, was the star performer in the win, scoring seven times while Turkey-based Mohammad Grima scored a hat-trick plus another goal by Olaa Buhachi.
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Special Economic Zones: Presidency Raises Concern Over Misrepresentation Of 42 Billion Naira - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 15, 2019
The presidency has expressed concern that plans ofthe President
Muhammadu Buhari administration to fast-trackNigeria’s industrial
development through the Special Economic Zones wasbeing
misrepresented in the public, including at a recentpublic hearing in the
Senate.
The presidency, in a document made available toNewsmen on Monday
in Abuja, said that Special Economic Zones wasdiscussed and approved
by the Federal Executive Council .
The Senate had recently rejected the N15.63 billionbudget proposals of
the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade andInvestment for 2019 because
of the Nigeria Special Economic Zones InvestmentCompany listed for
N42 billion appropriation.
The document said there was a firm resolve in theExecutive arm of
government to clarify issues and keep the SEZ plansand the strategy
adopted and already approved by the FEC.
The document said that when the Minister ofIndustry, Trade and
Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah presented the ministry’s2019
Budget details to the relevant Senate committee,questions were raised
about the creation of a limited liability companywith 25 per cent of
Federal Government interest.